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What happens when secular clinicians start doing what Jesus commissioned His disciples to do?

Licensed psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists are encountering something in their patients they can't fully explain: external entities that aren't part of the self, that want to destroy, torment, and deceive. What they're calling "unattached burdens," the body of Christ has been calling demons for two thousand years. Josh is joined by Michael Miller and guest David Fish to dig into Robert Falconer's book The Others Within Us. They discuss what happens when the clinical sciences start bumping into the supernatural.

Robert Falconer is not a Christian and doesn't believe in demons - at least not officially. But in his book The Others Within Us, he documents something that every deliverance minister will recognize: external entities that enter traumatized people and set up shop. They come in through open wounds. They offer false comfort. They isolate. They destroy. And when you try to reason with them, they can't see anything true or good.

He calls them Unattached Burdens. We call them demons. Same thing.

We walk through Falconer's framework step by step, the Internal Family Systems model that underlies it, the diagnostic tests he uses to tell human "parts" from outside entities, and the clinical process he follows to try to remove them. It's genuinely impressive how much he gets right. And it's genuinely concerning because without the authority of Christ, without repentance, without the Holy Spirit, "secular exorcism" may be simply moving entities around more than casting them out.

C.S. Lewis's "chronological snobbery" gets brought up for good reason: the ancient near east understood spiritual warfare better than the modern materialist west ever has. But the secular world is waking up. Insurance companies are covering Reiki. New Age and Wicca are exploding. The spiritual landscape is shifting fast, and the body of Christ needs to recover its authority in this space.

0:00 – Introduction
2:10 – Guest David Fish
9:44 – Robert Falconer's Framework
17:45 – Diagnosing UBs vs. Self
37:42 – How UBs Enter
41:31 – Secular Exorcism Methods
49:32 – Sending UBs Away
1:04:54 – Closing Thoughts

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If you've been burned by the church, this episode is for you.

Church hurt isn't rare, it isn't new, and it isn't evidence that something is uniquely broken in you. From prophetic words that never came to pass, to pastors who weaponized loyalty language, to leadership boards that protected predators instead of people, church hurt and spiritual abuse happen. Many believers are left sitting on the edges of the body of Christ, quietly debating whether walking back through those doors is even worth it.

What makes this moment different is that people are no longer just recognizing these patterns at the national level. They're seeing them in their own local churches: the same cover-ups, the same gaslighting, the same spiritual abuse dressed up in theological language. And the question they're asking isn't just "what went wrong?" It's "how do I ever trust again?"

In this episode, Joshua Lewis gives you the theological grounding to stop blaming yourself, the cultural and structural markers to help you spot a healthy church before you're two years deep in another painful situation, and the practical steps to walk back in - slowly, wisely, and without getting burned again. 

If you or someone you love is theologically homeless right now or wondering how to find a healthy church, this one is worth your full attention.

0:00 – Introduction
0:15 – Church Hurt Narrative
5:24 – Disillusionment Defined
6:13 – Leadership Failures Normalized
10:12 – Enemy's Isolation Tactic
12:14 – Head vs. Heart Tension
13:27 – Nine Marks Overview
20:09 – Cultural Markers (Krueger)
27:28 – Finding a Healthy Church

RESOURCES MENTIONED:
📖Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever https://a.co/d/01cz5F9t
📖Bully Pulpit by Michael Kruger https://a.co/d/081hfOmw
🌐9Marks Ministry: www.9marks.org
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Some deliverance practices will set people free. Others will make things worse. Can you tell the difference? Joshua Lewis, Michael Miller, and Michael Rowntree review and rank real deliverance ministry practices from biblical to dangerous so the body of Christ can stop guessing and start discerning.

0:00 – Introduction
2:50 – Ranking System Explained
4:50 – Interviewing for Spiritual History
8:48 – Inner Healing Before Deliverance
19:31 – Discerning of Spirits
21:50 – Binding and Loosing
28:39 – Commanding Spirits' Names
33:35 – Corporate Deliverance Prayer
45:15 – Praying in Tongues
47:27 – Renouncing Generational Curses
52:46 – Renouncing Occult Involvement
55:40 – Proxy Deliverance Ministry
1:01:09 – Inner Vows and Word Curses
1:04:27 – Closing Remarks

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The mainstream church doesn't want to talk about judgment, but the Bible won't stop. Dr. Tom Schreiner, one of the most respected New Testament scholars in the evangelical world and a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, joins Remnant Radio for a straight-shooting conversation on what Scripture actually teaches about divine justice, eternal punishment, and why recovering this doctrine is urgent for the body of Christ right now.

If you want to understand why divine justice is not God's dark side but His very goodness on display, this conversation is for you.

0:00 – Introduction
1:43 – Dr. Schreiner's Background
3:35 – Cultural Allergy to Judgment
8:07 – God's Holiness & Justice
11:19 – Wrath vs. Judgment
22:39 – Annihilationism vs. Eternal Conscious Punishment
39:09 – Jesus on Judgment
41:20 – Atonement & Propitiation
46:29 – Judgment as Vindication
50:03 – Justification & Works
56:02 – Assurance of Salvation
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Maybe history doesn't exactly repeat itself, but it does have a way of rhyming. In many charismatic spaces today, some of the most troubling patterns from pre-Reformation Rome have resurfaced, and the body of Christ deserves an honest conversation about it. As continuationists, we aren't here to tear down Spirit-filled Christianity, but rather protect it.

In this episode of Remnant Radio, Joshua, Michael, and Michael walk through parallels between the errors of Rome and what we're seeing in charismatic church culture today. We'll cover the full spectrum: from the way extra-biblical practices have entered in to the church, to the devastating sexual immorality scandals that keep surfacing, to the cultural pressure that silences anyone who dares to question a prominent voice and more.

If you've been burned by a church system that protected its brand over its people, this one's for you. If you're a charismatic believer who still believes in the gifts but can't ignore what you're seeing, we invite you to pull up a chair.

0:00 – Introduction
3:11 – Charismatic Self-Critique
8:40 – Papal Authority Parallels
25:07 – Unverified Miracle Claims
35:53 – Indulgences & Simony
46:42 – Extra-Biblical Practices
56:31 – Clergy as Mediators
1:05:18 – Sexual Immorality Parallels
1:09:54 – Silencing Dissent
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